A homeowner reacts as a fire rages through her home in the 10200 block of Bouvais Road at about 1:27 a.m. Friday in an unincorporated area near Anaheim and Stanton. Two adults and seven children were displaced. KEVIN WARN, FOR THE REGISTER

STANTON – A clothes dryer may have sparked a fire early Friday that resulted in about $130,000 in damage to a home, officials said.

Two adults and seven children were displaced, said Capt. John Muir of the Orange County Fire Authority. No one was injured, he said.

The fire was reported in a single-family home at 1:27 a.m. in the 10200 block of Bouvais Road, in an unincorporated area near Anaheim and Stanton. Flames burned for about 15 minutes before firefighters extinguished them, Muir said.

Investigators suspect the fire may have started by a spark from the clothes dryer, Muir said. The flames reached above the home, bringing an electrical wire down into the backyard, he said.

About $90,000 in damage was caused to the home and about $40,000 to its contents.

Muir recommends that people inspect their dryers periodically, pulling them out to make sure that the vent and coil hoses are not kinked or clogged with lint.

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A homeowner reacts as a fire rages through her home in the 10200 block of Bouvais Road at about 1:27 a.m. Friday in an unincorporated area near Anaheim and Stanton. Two adults and seven children were displaced. KEVIN WARN, FOR THE REGISTER
Anaheim Fire & Rescue prepare to battle a blaze at a single-family home in the 10200 block of Bouvais Road near Stanton and Anaheim on Friday morning. Fire officials suspect a clothes dryer sparked the blaze. KEVIN WARN, FOR THE REGISTER
An Anaheim Fire & Rescue firefighter tears down a ceiling to check for hot spots after a fire raced through a home in the 10200 block of Bouvais Road early Friday. The blaze caused an estimated $130,000 in damage. KEVIN WARN, FOR THE REGISTER
An Anaheim Fire & Rescue captain prepares to battle a house fire in the 10200 block of Bouvais Road early Friday. Firefighters put out the flames 15 minutes after arriving. KEVIN WARN, FOR THE REGISTER
Two adults and seven children were displaced after a fire raged through a home near Stanton early Friday. KEVIN WARN, FOR THE REGISTER
An Anaheim Fire & Rescue firefighter combs a home that was burned by a suspected clothes dryer fire early Friday. KEVIN WARN, FOR THE REGISTER

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